1 Chronicles 16:25

16:25 For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise,

he is more awesome than ¹  all gods.

1 Chronicles 21:8

21:8 David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

1 Chronicles 21:13

21:13 David said to Gad, “I am very upset! I prefer to be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is very great; I do not want to be attacked by men!” ² 

1 Chronicles 10:4

10:4 Saul told his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and stab me with it. Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come and torture me.” ³  But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

1 Chronicles 18:8

18:8 From Tibhath ⁴  and Kun, ⁵  Hadadezer’s cities, David took a great deal of bronze. (Solomon used it to make the big bronze basin called “The Sea,” ⁶  the pillars, and other bronze items.

1 Chronicles 19:5

19:5 Messengers ⁷  came and told David what had happened to the men, so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho ⁸  until your beards grow again; then you may come back.”

1 Chronicles 20:2

20:2 David took the crown from the head of their king ⁹  and wore it ¹⁰  (its weight was a talent ¹¹  of gold and it was set with precious stones). He took a large amount of plunder from the city.

[16:25]  ¹ tn Or “feared above.”

[21:13]  ² tn Heb “There is great distress to me; let me fall into the hand of the Lord for his mercy is very great, but into the hand of men let me not fall.”

[10:4]  ³ tn Heb “so these uncircumcised ones might not come and abuse me.”

[18:8]  ⁴ tn The MT reads “Tibhath” here, a variant name for Tebah (cf. 2 Sam 8:8). Some English translations substitute the other version of the name here (e.g., NIV, NLT), while others follow the reading of the Hebrew text at this point (e.g., NAB, NASB, NRSV).

[18:8]  ⁵ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:8 has the variant name “Berothai.”

[18:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “the sea of bronze,” or “[the] sea, the bronze one.” See the note at 1 Kgs 7:23.

[19:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “they.” The logical referent, though not specified in the Hebrew text, has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[19:5]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[20:2]  ⁶ tc The translation follows the MT, which reads “of their king”; the LXX and Vulgate read “of Milcom” (cf. 1 Kgs 11:5). Milcom, also known as Molech, was the god of the Ammonites.

[20:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “and it was on the head of David.”

[20:2]  ⁸ sn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.